<?php
/**
 * Application level View Helper
 *
 * This file is application-wide helper file. You can put all
 * application-wide helper-related methods here.
 *
 * PHP 5
 *
 * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
 * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 *
 * Licensed under The MIT License
 * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
 *
 * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
 * @package       app.View.Helper
 * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 0.2.9
 * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 */

App::uses('Helper', 'View');

/**
 * Application helper
 *
 * Add your application-wide methods in the class below, your helpers
 * will inherit them.
 *
 * @package       app.View.Helper
 */
class AppHelper extends Helper {

    function count_days_between_dates($smaller_date, $bigger_date)
    {
        $d1 = strtotime($smaller_date); //Smaller
        $d2 = strtotime($bigger_date); //Bigger
        $min_date = min($d1, $d2);
        $max_date = max($d1, $d2);
        $i = 0;
        while (($min_date = strtotime("+1 DAYS", $min_date)) <= $max_date) {
            $i++;
        }
        return $i;
    }

}
